Garment-fastener.



B. L. LEWIS. GARMENT FASTENER. APPLIOATION FILED sEPT.10.1oos.

Patented June 29, 1909.

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BERTI-IA L. LEWIS, OF ELBA, NEW YORK.

GARMENT-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented .Tune 29, 1909.

Application filed September 10, 1908. Serial No. 452,458.

To aZZ whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, BERTI-ix L. Lewis, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elba, in the county of Genesee and State of N ew York, have invented a new and useful .improvement in Garment-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates more particularly to improvements in the hook members of hook and eye garment fastenings in which the hooks are provided with spring tongues or humps7 for preventing the accidental disengagement of the eye from the hook. Hooks of thisI character are generally sewed or otherwise permanently secured to the cloth of the garment in a manner which requires considerable time and labor in attaching the hoo is, and the hooks when so secured, can only be detached with ditliculty from the garment.

The object of this invention is to provide a hook of this character of simple and inexpensive construction, which has securing pins or parts whereby it can be quickly and easily attached to and detached from the cloth of the garment, and when so attached will be held securely and stationarily in place thereon.

In the accompanyingl drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a garment hook embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof, indicating by broken lines the cloth to which the hook is attached.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

The hook is preferably formed from a single piece of suitable wire bent into shape and consists of a shank member having parallel arms Z and c', a bill or hook member' Z) which is a continuation of the shank arms a and a which are bent upwardly and rearwardly to form the same, andA a spring tongue c which is located between the shank arms and is provided with a projecting portion or hump c adjacent to the under side of the bill for preventing the eye from becoming accidentally detached from the hook. rlhe form and general arrangement of the tongue, shank and bill correspond with that commonly employed in hooks of this kind, and an eye of any suitable construction may be used in connection therewith.

The hook is detachably secured at its front and rear ends to the cloth of the garment by pins which are preferably constructed as follows: At the rear end of the hook the shank arm (z is provided with an outward lateral extension (Z which terminates in an iuturned pin d', and the shank arm a likewise extends laterally away from the shank in a direction opposite to the extension Z and is bent to form a catch or keeper c for the end of the pin cZ, the end of the catch being continued to form the spring tongue (f above described. The pin (Z is a d aptcd to be passed through the cloth of the garment and serves to fasten the rear end of the hook thereon. At. the front or eye-retaining end of the hook` the spring tongue extends downwa rdly and laterally, preferably beneath the shank arm a', to one side of the shank, Where it is bent to form a latch or keeper from which a cross arm g extends over the shank arms a. and a adjacent to their front ends, and bent back, terminating in a pin g which is adapted to pass through the cloth and bc secured at its end in the catch The pin y", when secured in the cloth, thus holds the forward end of the shank firmly down against the garment and prevents the hook from swinging outwardly away from the same.

The pins at the front and rear ends of the hook preferably extend in the same direction, with their catches arranged on the same side of the hook for facilitating the attachment of the hook t0 the garment, but, if desired, these pins could extend in opposite directions, with their catches on opposite sides of the hook. The catch 7' for the front pin is also located somewhat back of the front end of the hook to avoid the possibility of this catch and its pin being drawn forwardly and protruding beyond the front end of the hook. The front and rear pins being located at opposite ends of the hook form a secure fastening for the hook which holds it in the desired position and prevents either end of the hook from working loose and swinging outwardly from the garment, while at the same time the pins can be easily detached from the cloth when desired for removing the hook.

lVhile the construction of the hook as shown, provided with a spring tongue having a projecting hump, is preferred, these parts may bc omitted if desired, and the pin and the catch at the front end of the hook may be formed integrally with some other part of the hook.

I claim as my invention:

l. A garment hook comprising a shank member, a bill member, a tongue between said members, and attaching pins located at the frontand rear ends of said shank member and formed integrally with said tongue and said shank member respectively7 for detachably securing said hook to the garment, substantiall7 as set forth.

2. A garment hook comprising a shank member, a bill member, and a spring tongue cooperating therewith, an attaching pin integral with the shank member, a catch on the shank member to retain the pin, a pin at the forward end of the hook, and a catch integral wit-h the tongue to retain the last mentioned pin.

3. A garment hook comprising a shank member, and a bill member, means at the rear end of the shank member whereb)7 the latter mag7 be attached to a fabric, and a pin at the forward end of the shank, said pin having` a portion passing beneath the shank and another portion extending between the bill and the shank, and a catch for releasably engaging' the end of said pin.

Il. A garment hook comprising shank member, and a bill member, means at the rear end of the shank member whereby the latter may be attached to a fabric, and a pin at the forward end of the hook formed integral therewith and having a part extending transversely thereof between the bill and shank members, and a catch on the hook to releasably engage said pin.

5. A garment hook consisting of a single piece ofwire bent to form a shank consisting of substantially parallel arms, and a bill formed from a continuation of said arms, a spring tongue member integral with one of said arms and located between the bill and the shank, the portion joining the said arm and tongue being formed to provide a catch, and the other arm of the shank formed with a pin to cooperate with said catch, the forward end of the tongue being` bent to form a catch and a pin extending transversel)7 of the hook and adapted to engage said last mentioned catch.

fitness my hand, this th day of September, 1908.

E. C. HARD, C. B. HoRNBEoK. 

